COSMOPROF 2026

From March 26 to 28,  the UK Country Pavilion in Hall 22 hosts more than 40 UK companies, 30 percent of which are at their first attendance. A pathway that takes visitors all around the United Kingdom and showcases a proposal that best represents all beauty sectors and answers a variety of needs every day. 

The offer, conceived for all distribution channels, both Retail and Professional, includes products and equipment for the hair-care, make-up, skin-care spanning from everyday essentials and toiletries to personal care devices.

Keywords: creativity, sustainability and innovation.

The UK cosmetics industry has always been a familiar presence at Cosmoprof Worldwide Bologna and it’s a dynamic and fast-evolving market characterized by thousands of highly specialized small and medium-sized companies. 

In 2024, the beauty and personal care industry supported a total GDP contribution of £15.9 billion. The industry supported a further £14.5 billion of UK GDP through its supply chain and employee spending, implying a total contribution of £30.4 billion. In 2024, the UK exported £4.3 billion of beauty and personal care products with Ireland, Belgium and USA being UK’s top three beauty export markets, followed by Germany and the Netherlands.*

The EU remains the UK’s most important trading region with exports of 65.7% of worldwide trade. Non-EU markets show the USA and UAE as in the top 10 of all exports worldwide and the USA and China in the top 10 of all imports from worldwide markets.**

* The Value of Beauty Report, 2024 , British Beauty Council 

** : CTPA's 2024 Annual Report